Honduras - 50 m Wind Power

88° 86° 84°

16° 16°

Solar and Wind

Energy Resource
14°
Assessment
14°

Wind Power Classification United Nations

Environment
Wind Resource Wind Power Wind Speeda Programme
Power Potential Density at 50 m at 50 m
Class W/m 2 m/s
1 Poor 0 - 200 0 - 5.6
2 Marginal 200 - 300 5.6 - 6.4 Global Environment
88° 3 86°
Moderate 300 - 400 6.4 - 7.0 84°
4 Good 400 - 500 7.0 - 7.5 Facility
5 Excellent 500 - 600 7.5 - 8.0
6 600 - 800 8.0 - 8.8
50 0 50 100 150 Kilometers 7 > 800 > 8.8
a Wind speeds are based on a Weibull k value of 2.0 U.S. Department of Energy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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